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  • New 15.5-inch MacBook Air rumored to arrive in early 2023

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    Such a strange offering. Doubt that’s what it is. Probably a new “MacBook studio” or new iPad Pro. 

    Don’t see a marker for a MacBook Air that size. 
    williamlondon

  • Samsung firing up new smartphone chip division to fight Apple dominance

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    The real takeaway: Apple better prepare to add more incentives and pay raises to the apple silicon team. Samsungs poachers are coming. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobrajony0

  • Apple preparing for third-party app stores by 2024

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    Well… I guess Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft had better get ready to have the steam and epic stores on the consoles soon. And the GameStop app too, selling digital hand me downs cheaper than the digital versions from the companies themselves. 

    In other words, the EU is full of it. Destroyers of the successful is their job description. 
    radarthekatwatto_cobra

  • More M2 Max benchmarks leak, show better performance

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    Mentioned before the clocks would increase. It’s the only way after hardware everything is finalized. Apples notebook and desktop systems already have massive unused cooling overhead. Sooner or later, Apple would have to play the clock speed game - minus any die shrink or major architectural shift. 


    FileMakerFellerwatto_cobralkrupp

  • iMac could have been made without a chin, proves new hack

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    macgui said:
    9secondkox2 said:
    longfang said:
    Muzgash69 said:
    I disagree with part of the article here "would require expensive and complex CNC machining". Think of how a lot of metal today is molded with a die press. The same could be done here. I'd be even so ventured to say that is how the backs are currently manufactured. A metal shell that is mold made is nothing new or unique. I think it assuming that this would be more expensive even if the internals have to be reorganized.
    Apple machines their chassis from a block of aluminum though.
    That was his point. Apple removes aluminum to form the shape. The removed aluminum is then recycled for use in another Mac. There is no waste. If anything this process ensures the aluminum is very refined as melting it down again n removes any dross missed previously. 
    The more material Apple has to remove and the more material that has to be recycled adds to production costs. While the material itself isn't wasted, time and money are. So AI is correct about production requiring expensive and complex CNC machining. More expensive and complex CNC machining than without that bump on the back. Apple would never go for that ugly boxy aesthetic in the first place.

    The comment about the chin having value by hiding cables is ludicrous. Apple provides cable management in the form of the hole in the iMac's stand. Pass all the cabling through it and down the back and like ::magic::! it's vanished.
    The bump in the back is nasty. I hate the chin, but d rather have it than “the hump”

    that said, it wouldn’t add to any waste at all, but would require a bit more machining time. And then again, maybe not. It depends on the size of block they use. 

    Regarding cable management, it’s true. The chin doesn’t hide the cables. The stand has built in management. See Pro Display XDR and studio display. 
    williamlondon